Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2004
Muslim intellectual Dr. Abdel Azim Al-Mata’ani said the Azhar is playing a vital role in the confrontation against deviant thought that views itself as innovation, adding the Azhar is not entitled to confiscate any works of art.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 18, 2004
The Egyptian authorities accused the Muslim Brotherhood of sending some members to receive training on arms in the framework of the group’s effort to overthrow the government by force. The authorities closed down 20 commercial and economic enterprises owned by the group, after they [the authorities...
Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 2004
The historian Ibn Iyas described Egypt at Epiphany "thousand lights on shores, no market, alley or shop was closed at that night,” that is how Egyptian Muslims and Christians celebrated it along with many other Christian holidays.
- See art. 7: The Muslim Brotherhood's participation in political...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 18, 2004
The Higher State Security Prosecutor in Egypt said yesterday that members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood were arrested a day earlier for planning to overthrow the regime by force and to establish an Islamic Caliphate. Security forces arrested 54 members, including Muslim Brotherhood leaders in...
Date of source: Friday, December 3, 2004
Human Rights Watch has launched a severe attack on Egypt claiming that women’s rights are being flagrantly violated in Egypt. The American organization issued a statement in which it condemned all sorts of discrimination practiced against women,most notably restrictions regarding their right to...
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 2004
“Al-Horriya Al-Deeniya fi Al-Islam” [Religious Freedom in Islam] is the most important book of Sheikh Abdel Mota’al Al-Sa’eedy, a senior sheikh at the Azhar. Sheikh Al-Sa’eedy reached the conclusion that whoever abandons Islam should not be killed. He believes that what has been previously said...
Date of source: Sunday, December 5, 2004
Dr. Ibrahim has provided positive comments for both sides of this controversial issue. In an article entitled "Reclaiming Democracy ... the Participation of Muslim Brotherhood in Egyptian Political Life," published in El Hayat newspaper on Oct. 7, 2004; Dr. Ibrahim noted that the Muslim Brotherhood...
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 2004
The status of the Foreign Press Association (FPA) and its board of directors has become illegal since June 6, 2003, which marks the end of a period determined by the law 84, issued on June 6, 2003, for NGOs to bring themselves under the new law.
The current board of directors at the FPA includes...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 2004
Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi expressed her anger over the decision of the Islamic Research Institution to confiscate her famous novel “Soqout Al-Imam” [the fall of the Imam] which was printed for the first time 20 years ago. The novel was translated into 14 languages. The new battle between the Azhar and...
Date of source: Friday, November 19, 2004
The contemporary Islamic movement is losing the sound vision when it announces, “the Qur’an is our constitution” because this involves a suspension of the Muslim mind and blocking it from coming up with a human constitution from the spirit of the Qur’an to be in harmony with the socio-political...